A topless photo allegedly of Taylor Swift also made the rounds, but was later declared to be fake, as well.

Then, three years ago, a series of nude photographs purporting to Blake Lively hit the Internet and drew quick denials from her reps and and legal threats from her lawyers.

“Blake has never taken nude photos of herself,” her rep said at the time. “Blake will pursue legal action against the publication which initially published these photographs and any other outlets that republish them in any manner.”

Of course, if they photos weren’t her, why would she care? As it turned out, they were real. So much for heated denials.

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Keith Girard is Editor and Publisher of TheImproper, New York City’s cutting edge arts, entertainment pop culture and lifestyle Web magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine and a reporter for the Washington Post among other media positions.